• Cultural Relevance of the Transtheoretical Model in Activity Promotion: Mexican-American Women’s use of the Process of Change 

  Benitez, Tanya J.; Tasevska, Natasha; Coe, Kathryn; Keller, Coleen (Digital Scholarship@UNLV, 2017)

  Hispanic women in the U.S. have disproportionately high rates of obesity and health disparities related to insufficient physical activity (PA). While the Transtheoretical Model (TTM) is one of the most commonly used ...
• Predictors of Homeless Services Re-Entry within a Sample of Adults Receiving Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP) Assistance 

  Brown, Molly; Vaclavik, Danielle; Watson, Dennis P.; Wilka, Eric (APA, 2017-05)

  Local and national evaluations of the federal Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP) have demonstrated a high rate of placement of program participants in permanent housing. However, there is a paucity ...
• Enhanced Platelet-activating Factor synthesis facilitates acute and delayed effects of ethanol intoxicated thermal burn injury 

  Harrison, Kathleen A.; Romer, Eric; Weyerbacher, Jonathan; Ocana, Jesus A.; Sahu, Ravi P.; Murphy, Robert C.; Kelly, Lisa E.; Smith, Townsend A.; Rapp, Christine M.; Borchers, Christina; Cool, David R.; Li, Gengxin; Simman, Richard; Travers, Jeffrey B. (Elsevier, 2018)

  Thermal burn injuries in patients alcohol intoxicated result in greater morbidity and mortality. Murine models combining ethanol and localized thermal burn injury reproduce the systemic toxicity seen in human subjects, ...
• Evaluating the Acceptability and Usability of EASEL: A Mobile Application that Supports Guided Reflection for Experiential Learning Activities 

  Schnepp, Jerry; Rogers, Christian (Informing Science Institute, 2017-01-09)

  Aim/Purpose: To examine the early perceptions (acceptability) and usability of EASEL (Education through Application-Supported Experiential Learning), a mobile platform that delivers reflection prompts and content before, ...
• Maintaining a Competent Public Health Workforce: Lessons Learned From Experiences With Public Health Accreditation Domain 8 Standards and Measures 

  Yeager, Valerie A.; Wharton, M. Kristina; Beitsch, Leslie M. (Wolters Kluwer, 2018-01)

  Context: Public health accreditation is an ongoing national movement to improve the quality of public health departments and the public health system in the United States; however, calls have been made for more evidence ...
• Relation of Dietary Carbohydrates Intake to Circulating Sex Hormone-binding Globulin Levels in Postmenopausal Women 

  Huang, Mengna; Liu, Jinjie; Lin, Xiaochen; Goto, Atsushi; Song, Yiqing; Tinker, Lesley F.; Chan, Kei-hang Katie; Liu, Simin (Wiley, 2018-06)

  Background Low circulating levels of sex hormone‐binding globulin (SHBG) have been shown to be a direct and strong risk factor for type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and hormone‐dependent cancers, although the ...
• Complement Anaphora in Spanish: Proportional References and Discourse Relations 

  Zulaica-Hernández, Iker (Springer, 2018-04)

  Although still disputed by some authors, complement anaphora interpretations are widely accepted today. However, they are marked and subject to strict interpretation conditions. Most commonly, monotone decreasing quantifiers ...
• “Visiting” Close Kin Abroad: Migration Strategies of the Serbian Roma 

  Čvorović, Jelena; Coe, Kathryn (Transnational Press London, 2017)

  The Roma/Gypsies are the largest, poorest and youngest ethnic group in Europe. During the past decade, the Roma from Central and Eastern Europe were of considerable public concern due to a large inflow of Roma emigrants ...
• Pancreatic Cyst Fluid Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A and Carcinoembryonic Antigen: A Highly Accurate Test for the Diagnosis of Serous Cystic Neoplasm 

  Carr, Rosalie A.; Yip-Schneider, Michele T.; Dolejs, Scott; Hancock, Bradley A.; Wu, Huangbing; Radovich, Milan; Schmidt, C. Max (Elsevier, 2017-07)

  Background Accurate differentiation of pancreatic cystic lesions is important for early detection and prevention of pancreatic cancer, as well as avoidance of unnecessary surgical intervention. Serous cystic neoplasms ...
• The impact of grazing on seedling patterns in degraded sparse‐elm grassland 

  Wang, Yongcui; Chu, Lei; Daryanto, Stefani; Wang, Lixin; Lin, Jixiang; MuSa, Ala (Wiley, 2018)

  Over‐grazing by livestock in semi‐arid ecosystems is one of the main causes of desertification. Although over‐grazing presents a global environmental challenge, only a few studies have investigated grazing impacts on the ...
• Predictive Analytics for Identification of Patients at Risk for QT Interval Prolongation – A Systematic Review 

  Muensterman, Elena Tomaselli; Tisdale, James E. (Wiley, 2018)

  Prolongation of the heart rate‐corrected QT (QTc) interval increases the risk for torsades de pointes (TdP), a potentially fatal arrhythmia. The likelihood of TdP is higher in patients with risk factors, which include ...
• An Integrated Surveillance System to Examine Testing, Services, and Outcomes for Sexually Transmitted Diseases 

  Dixon, Brian E.; Tao, Guoyu; Wang, Jane; Tu, Wanzhu; Hoover, Sarah; Zhang, Zuoyi; Batteiger, Teresa A.; Arno, Janet N. (IOS, 2017)

  Despite laws that require reporting of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) to governmental health agencies, integrated surveillance of STDs remains challenging. Data and information about testing are fragmented from ...
• Prospective parents’ perspectives on antenatal decision making for the anticipated birth of a periviable infant 

  Edmonds, Brownsyne Tucker; Savage, Teresa A.; Kimura, Robert E.; Kilpatrick, Sarah J.; Kuppermann, Miriam; Grobman, William; Kavanaugh, Karen (Taylor & Francis, 2018)

  Objective: To examine prospective parents’ perceptions of management options and outcomes in the context of threatened periviable delivery, and the values they apply in making antenatal decisions during this period. Study ...
• Integrating mental health professionals in residencies to reduce health disparities 

  Delbridge, Emilee; Zubatsky, Max; Fowler, Jocelyn (Springer, 2017-05)

  Health disparities in primary care remain a continual challenge for both practitioners and patients alike. Integrating mental health services into routine patient care has been one approach to address such issues, including ...
• Fetal MRI in management of complicated meconium ileus: Prenatal and surgical imaging 

  Gunderman, Peter F. R.; Shea, Lindsey A. G.; Gray, Brian W.; Brown, Brandon P. (Wiley, 2018)

  Objective To review fetal MRI cases surgically proven to have meconium ileus (MI) and obstruction, describe the common fetal MRI findings that distinguish cases of complicated MI, and to compare these findings with surgical ...
• A Comparison of the Safety and Efficacy of HX575 (Epoetin Alfa Proposed Biosimilar) with Epoetin Alfa in Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease 

  Weir, M. R.; Pergola, P. E.; Agarwal, Rajiv; Fink, J.; Kopyt, N.; Singh, A.; Kumar, J.; Schmitt, S.; Schaffar, G.; Rudy, A.; McKay, J.; Kanceva, R. (Karger, 2017-11)

  Background: HX575 (biosimilar epoetin alfa) was approved in Europe in 2007 for the treatment of chronic kidney disease (CKD)-related anemia. This study assessed the clinical equivalence of HX575 with the US-licensed reference ...
• Pathologic Risk Factors for Higher Clinical Stage in Testicular Seminomas 

  Trevino, Karen; Esmaeili-Shandiz, Alaleh; Saeed, Omer; Xu, Huiping; Ulbright, Thomas M.; Idrees, Muhammed (Wiley, 2018)

  Introduction Testicular seminomas require accurate staging for effective management. 20% are metastatic at presentation while 80% are clinical stage I, requiring only orchiectomy and surveillance. Tumor size, rete testis ...
• Preclinical Models for Skeletal Research: How Commonly Used Species Mimic (or Don’t) Aspects of Human Bone 

  Allen, Matthew R. (Sage, 2017-10)

  Preclinical studies play an indispensable role in exploring the biological regulation of the musculoskeletal system. They are required in all drug development pipelines where both small and large animal models are needed ...
• Indoor tanning use among white female students aged 18–30 

  Yang, Keming; Han, Jiali (Elsevier, 2017)
• Interactive systems for patient-centered care to enhance patient engagement 

  Tang, Charlotte; Lorenzi, Nancy; Harle, Christopher A.; Zhou, Xiaomu; Chen, Yunan (Oxford, 2016-01)

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